Mine car



atente@ .Aan 1926i i ifJgNi-"rauf` -STATEs VTrl?. l AICH vieron wrLLoUenBY, or nr'nenwoon,A Naw JERSEY, -assrsnoa To 'aMEaIcANcAB wnrounnay consum?, or Naw Yonx, n. Y., a coaroaa'rron or Naw JERSEY Application ltiledI January 24,1l25. :Serial- No.- 4,51@

T0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Vieron WILLoUcHY, residing atvRidgewood, Bergen County,`New Jersey, and being 'a citizen of the United' States, have invented certain new .and use ful Improvements in a Mine` Car, of which the following.' is a full;v clear, and exact descriptiomsuch as will'enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to'make and to use the same, reference being had. to the accompanying drawings, which illustrate vthe preferredform of the invention, thouglf it is to be lunderstood that thev invention is not limited tothe exact ldetails vor con# struction shown and described, as l`it is obvious that various modifications thereof withinl the scopef of thejclaiinsl will occur to persons skilled in the art. v

ln said drawings:

Fig; 1 is a view 4showing the improved mine car rinci ally in side elevation, one portion thereofp being broken away. and shown in longitudinal section;

Fig. 2 is 'a top planview of the improved' mine car with one corner portion lorolen` away and one of the'wheelhoods-broken, away; f

Fig. 3 1s a transverse Sectionaiviewtaken( along the line 3-3'of lFig. 2; v i

Fig. l45's a fragmentary top plan view showing al modilied form of wheel shield; and f Fig. 5'is a transverse sectional view taken along the line 5--5 of Fig. 4. l

An object of this invention is to provide a mine car` having an improved flooring or bottom formed of a plurality of sections which are of a special construction and secured together in an improved manner.

Another object yor the invention is to so construct the mine car that the side slope sheets of the bottom may be firmly secured to the Vintermediate bottom section and braced against downward movement'by the wheel shields which are secured to the side slope sheets and extend in overlapping relation to the intermediate bottom section.

Another object of the invention is to so construct this mine carthat the journals for the axles may extend beneath the intermediate bottom section and besecured by fastener bolts which extend through the in' tei-mediate section and through the portions ot the wheel hoods or shields which overlap 'uit side.

' The side walls'7 extend portions of the intermediate bottom section.

` Another object of the' invention is to provide a mine; car in which the. intermediate section ma be formedv of long gitudinally disposed* oor boards vhaving `a buliing column disposed between certain of the floor boards' and these floor boards andthe builing column secured in place by fasteners passing through cross ties extending beneath the flooring and having extended end portions which are vsecured to the side slope sheets andv terminating in upwardly disV posed portions forming `posts for the side walls of the car.

This car is provided `ith a bott'ornior flooring having an intermedia-te section and. side sections. The intermediate section is formed o f longitudinally extending Hoor b oards 1 which are disposed uponl opposite sides of the longitudinally extending buing column 2. This buffing column is formed `of metal and is ULshaped in cross section and provided'with outstanding side flanges f3 which extend beneath the adjacent 'door boards' and are secured toy the.v oorvboards .byfasteners 4. y These' floor boards and-the bung column extend beyond the end walls 5 and-the. extended end portions'of the loor y boards and buing column willl be.l covered 'f by a protectingjacket If ,-desired, the

- draft lgear may bemountedinj-theend portions ofthe bung column.

vrbetween the end walls 5 -and are formed of ywal-l boards 8 which are disposed one above the other as' shown in 1 vand 3 and secured by fastener bolts 9` tothe posts 10 which are formed on Athe upturnedle'nd portions o'/ the-cross ties 11. `'lhesecross ties 1l arev V'formed of metalstrips which extend" bef. neath the intermediate door or `bottom section and are then extended upwardly as shown at 12 and along the under faces'of .the side slope sheets 13A as shownat 14 with their end portions-bent Yto'extend upwardly i and provide the wall posts 10.' llt will therefore be seen that vthe iloor 'sections and these cross ties and the'side walls prevented from bulging. Theside slopesheets ,13 are the side walls will be 'firmly supportedby formed of heavy sheet metal and have their outer side portions'. extending beneath they side walls and provided with upwardly extendine' flanges l5 which are secured against the outer faces of the side walls hy the upturned posts forming end portions of the cross ties. From an inspection of F ig. 3 it will be seen that these side slope sheets are held in close engagement with the side walls thereby providing a tight joint which will prevent fine material from sifting out of the car. The inner side portions of the side slope sheets extend downwardly as shown at 16 for close contacting engagement with the sideede'e faces of the intermediate door section andI terminate in inwardly disposed side iianges 17 which extend beneath the adjacent floor boards where they are sccured by the fasteners i8 and 22 and also hy the cross ties 1l, the `flanges 16 and l? with the slope sheet adjacent thereto foi-1ning in etiect supporting sills.

r`he axles i9 which carry the wheels 20 upon their end portions extend transversely -beneath the car body and are mounted in journals 21 which extend beneath the intermediate floor section and said sills thereby supporting the bodyv portion of the car and are secured by fastener bolts 22. These fastener bolts 22 will securely hold the journals in place but will permit the journals to be easily and quickly removed when necessary. The car wheels are of such size that the upper portions of the car wheels would strike the side slope sheets 13 and therefore in order to accommodate the upper portions of the wheels each of the. side slope sheets will be provided either with openings 23 throu h which the Wheels extend or these side slope sheets will he crimped upwardly as shown in 4 and 5 to provide pockets 24. It is necessary to ciose the openings 23 to prevent the material placed in the car from passing through these openings and therefore each of the openings 23 is covered by a hood 25 which is secured upon the upper face of the side slope sheet by rivets or other suitable fasteners 26. rihese hoods have upwardly extending dome shaped portions which are disposed over the openings 23 and in spaced relation to the wheels as shown in Fig. 3 and each hood is further provided with an extended base portion 27 which extends in overlapping relation to the adjacent door hoards of the intermediate hoor section. lThese extended base portions of the hoods are secured 'to 'the door hoards hy fasteners 2.3 and. are further secured hy 'the fastener bolts 22 which in addition to passing through the i'loor boards also pass through these extended portions of the hoods. i/'henthe form of pocket shown in Figs. d and 5 is made nse of to receive the upwardly extending portions ot the wheels it is not necessary to provide large hoods shown in Figs. 1, 2and3 lout it is necessary to provide a reinrorcing cover 1n the form of a small hood or protecting shield wnicn Levee-ee will prevent the pockets from being dented and moved into engagement with the wheels by heavy lumps of coal or other material thrown into the car. Therefore there has been provided protecting hoods or shielding strips 29 which extend transversely across the pockets Y24 as shown in Fig. 4. These hoods or shields 29 are substantially of an inverted rvshape as shown in Fig. 5 and each has one end secured to the upper face of the side slope sheet by the fasteners 30 and its other end portion extending in overlapping relation to the adjacent floor hoard of the intermediate floor section and secured by the fastener holts 22. These' strips will effectively protect the pockets 24. and prevent them from being damaged by heavy material thrown into the cai' and further prevent injury to the car wheels which would he caused hy the pockets being forced int-o vertical cngagement with the flanges of the wheels.

What is claimed is:

, 'i'. ln a mine car, a body having a bottom and side and end walls, said bottom comprising an intermediate section and side sheets ha-vinfY their outer side portions secured to the siide walls and their inner side portions extending in underlying relation to the side portions of the intermediate'bottom section. said side sheets having pockets adjacent the intermediate section and spaced from each other. axles extending transversely beneath the body and having their end portions disposed beneath 'the side sheets, wheels upon the end portions of said axles and extending upwardly int-o said pockets, and shields secured upon said side sheets and having upwardly arched portions disposed above said pckets and portions extendinoI in overlapping relation to the interme iate bottom section, and fasteners securing the side sheets and shields to the side portions of the intermediate `hottom section.

2. ln a mine car, a body having a bottom and side and end walls, said bottom comprising an intermediate section and side sheets having their outer side portions flanged upwardly at the outer side of the side walls and their inner side portions extending in underlying relation to the side portions of the intermediate bottom section. axles extending transversely beneath said body and having their end portions disposed beneath said side sheets, wheels upon the ond portions of said axles, shields or hoods securedupon the upper faces of said side sheets above'said wheels and having portions extending. inoverlapping relation to the intermediate bottom section and fasteners curing the hoods and side sheets to the intermediate bottom sections.

3. En a .mine car7 a body having a bottom and side and end walls, said bottom comprising an intermediate section and side sheets having their outer side portions secured to the side walls and their inner-side y portionsextending in underlying-relation to the side portions of'tlie intermediate bottom section, axles extending transversely beneath said body and having their end portions disposed beneath said side sheets, Journals for said axles extending beneath the side portions of said intermediatebottom section and in crossed relation to the underlying inner side portions of said side sheets, wheels upoii the end portions of said axles, the side sheets having pockets receiving the upper portions of said Wheels, hoods secured to the upper faces of said side sheets and extending in overlying relation to the pockets and wheels and having portions overlapping Vthe intermediate bottom section 'and fasteners'y passing through the intermediate bottom section and securing the journals and under; lying and overlapping portions of the side sheets and hoods.

4. In a mine care, a and side and end Walls, said bottom comprising an intermediate section of longitudinally disposed floor boards and'side slope sheets between the intermediate section and side w'alls, outer side portions extending. beneath the side walls and` provided with upstanding flanges securedY against the outer faces. ofv

the side walls and their inner side portions provided with depending an ular flanges'engaging the side edges ofv t e intermediate lsection and secured against the underA face thereof, axles extending transversely beneath `the car bottom with their ends beneath the side walls, said side slope sheets having their' outer side portions extending beneath the side walls and provided with upstanding flanges secured against the outer faces of p,

the side walls and their inner sideportions provided with depending, angular flanges engaging the side edges of the intermediate section and secured againstthe under face thereof, axles extending tranveisely beneath the cai' bottom with theirends beneath the side slope sheets and wheels upon the end portions of said axles, and cross ties extending beneath the body and secured to the interbody havinga bottom said side slope sheets having their mediate'bottomsection and side slope sheets and having their end portions extending ilpwardly and providing wallv posts secured` against the outer faces of the lside walls. 6. I n a ymine' car, a body having a bottom and side and end walls, said bottom coinpiising an intermediate section of longi-f -tudinally disposedl floor. boards and a buff-V.

ing column between certain .of said floor boards having side flanges secured against.

the under faces of adjacent floor boards, side slope sheets between the intermediate vbottom section and side walls and having upstanding outer side flanges secured to the side walls and inner side langesextendin downwardly and inwardly against the si e edges and under face of the intermediate section,

axles extending transversely 'beneath said bottoirand mounted inv journals carried yby the intermediate section, wheels carriedby said axles beneath the side slope sheets, said y side slope sheets having pocket receiving the upper portions of said wheels, wheel hoods secured upon the upper faces of said side r slope sheets and in overlapping relation' to the intermediate floor section land having upwardly extending portions disposed overA the wheel receiving pockets, and cross ties extending transversely beneath the intermediate floor section and .side slope sheets and `secured thereto and having their end portions extended upwardly to provide posts for the side walls. l

7. In amine car, a'body having a bottom i and side and'end walls, said bottom comprising an intermediate section formed of longitudinally disposed floor boards. and a buliing column of an inverted U-shape in cross sec'- ltion dis osed between certain of the floor.

boards intermediate the width of the lsaid section and having its depending side walls provided with outstanding flanges `secured against" the under faces of the adjacent floor boards, side slope sheets disposed between the intermediate section and side walls and having their outer sides extending beneath the side wallsland yrovided with upstanding flanges secured to t eouter faces of the side los walls, the innerside. portions of4 said side slope sheets being bent to extend downwardly' against the sitepied faces of the intermediate section andjterminating in'. flanges secured against the under facevof the intermediate section, axles disposed transversely beneath said body and w eels carried byl said axles beneath said side slope sheets, and shields secured to the side slope sheets and adjacent portions disposed over tie wlieels.

In witness whereof I have hereunto .set my hand.

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